Victim foils robbery at Raleigh check-cashing business
17 hrs ago | via News Observer
A man whose money was taken out of his hands at a check-cashing business stopped the robbery by chasing the thief, tackling him in a parking lot and holding him, with the help of workers from the business, until officers arrived, police said. Comment?
Flags get honorable retirement
17 hrs ago | via News Observer
The American flag will be out in full force on Monday for Memorial Day, adorning homes, businesses and countless veterans graves nationwide as the country remembers those whove made the ultimate sacrifice. Comment?
Victim, employees foil robbery at Raleigh check-cash...
Yesterday | via News Observer
A man whose money was stolen out of his hands at a check-cashing business, along with workers at the office, stopped the robbery by chasing the thief, tackling him in a parking lot and holding him down until officers arrived, police said. Comment?
Woman charged with tricking doctors, getting drugs 2...
Yesterday | via News Observer
A 36-year-old Miller-Motte college student was being held on $200,000 bail in Wake County on 20 counts of filling drug prescriptions she got by withholding information from a series of doctors or misleading them. Comment?
Wake County murder suspect returned from Virginia, h...
Yesterday | via News Observer
A Wake Forest man sought in his wife's slaying and captured in Virginia was returned to North Carolina Friday night and formally charged with murder. Comment?
Cary settles Taser, cell-tower lawsuits
Saturday | via The Cary News
Sean Elrod, who was Tasered by a school police officer during a 2008 altercation, will receive $15,000 in cash and medical costs from the town of Cary and the Wake County Board of Education. Comment?
CHPD Confirms Arrest In SunTrust Bank Robbery
Saturday | via WCHL-AM Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill police have confirmed that an arrest was made on Friday in connection with last weekend's bank robbery in Chapel Hill. Comment?
Cary man charged in Chapel Hill SunTrust robbery
Friday | via News Observer
The State Highway Patrol in Wake County Friday arrested a Cary man for whom Chapel Hill police had sworn out an arrest warrant in the Saturday-afternoon stickup of a SunTrust bank branch in a Harris Teeter supermarket in Chapel Hill on May 19. Comment?
Wake man, arrested as fugitive, faces murder charge ...
Thursday May 24 | via News Observer
A Wake County man whose wife's body was found inside the pickup truck he was driving in Virginia has been charged with being a fugitive from justice on a charge of murder. Comment?
Cary police track robber by calling “Mom&am...
Thursday May 24 | via The Charlotte Observer
All it took was a scroll through some cell phone contacts and a call to "Mom" to discover the identity of a teenager who broke into several garages in Cary last week. Comment?
Man charged with being fugitive from justice for murder
Thursday May 24 | via News Observer
A Wake County man whose wife's body was found inside of the pickup truck he was driving in Virginia has been charged with being a fugitive from justice on charges of murder. Comment?
Cary police track robber by calling "Mom" ...
Thursday May 24 | via News Observer
All it took was a scroll through some cell phone contacts and a call to "Mom" to discover the identity of a teenager who broke into several garages in Cary last week. Comment?
Raleigh Fire Department investigating cause of blaze
Thursday May 24 | via News Observer
Around 5:15 Wednesday, flames roared through the roof of an unoccupied building located at 3848 Cane Garden Dr., according to the fire incident report. Comment?
Four Triangle schools make Newsweek list of 100 top ...
Tuesday May 22 | via News Observer
Four schools in the Triangle have made the top 100 of Newsweek magazine's "America's Best High Schools 2012" list. Comment?
Taft’s sister heard noise, police sergeant ...
Monday May 21 | via News Observer
On the night her sister, Kathy Taft, was raped and bludgeoned in a Raleigh home, Dina Holton heard someone on the stairs and called out, Who is in this house?, a Raleigh police sergeant testified Tuesday. Comment?
Friday May 18 | via News Observer
Members of Cary Franklin-Sloane VFW Post 7383 will place U.S. flags by the headstones of veterans at Cary cemeteries at 10 a.m.. At the request of some churches, some flags will be postponed until Monday at their respective cemeteries. Comment?
Edwards trial: In the end, the closer was mute
Thursday May 17 | via News Observer
Lawyers would pack the court to watch Edwards practice his trade, as they did in January 1997 when Edwards delivered his closing argument in a $31 million lawsuit involving a Cary swimming pool. Comment?
Christensen: John Edwards mute in his own defense
Thursday May 17 | via News Observer
Lawyers would pack the court to watch Edwards practice his trade, as they did in January 1997 when Edwards delivered his closing argument in a $31 million Cary swimming pool law suit. Comment?
RDU passenger counts climb in April
Thursday May 17 | via News Observer
The airport served 790,360 travelers during the month, 2.2 percent more than in April 2011, RDU announced today. Comment?
Jun 26, 2011 | via News Observer
Three area nonprofits worked together like spokes in a wheel on Saturday to make the first stop on the national Tour de Fat bike-and-beer festival go smoothly. Comment?